Home›Indigenous Languages of the Americas›Language Family (Classification)Browse ByLanguage Family (Classification)This dimension links a language to the wider family it belongs to. Wikipedia describes Spanish as "a Romance language of the Indo-European language family," placing it inside two nested groupings at once. Browsing by language family gathers languages that share the same distant common ancestor.Language Family (Classification)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Language Family (Classification)Filter Results10 entriesRegionAllAsia (1)Canada (1)Europe (1)North America (4)Nunatsiavut (1)South America (4)United States (1)Speaker Count BandAll0 to 400,000 (4)430,000 to 5,500,000 (2)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (3)Official StatusAllCo-Official Language (2)No Official Status (1)Official Language (4)StatusAllExtinct (1)Living (9)Script UsedAllCherokee Syllabary (1)Latin Script (8)Maya Script (1)Language KindAllCritically Endangered (1)Definitely Endangered (1)Extinct (1)Safe (3)Vulnerable (2)TonalAllTonal (2)Word OrderAllOther (1)SOV (1)Period Start YearAll250 (1)601 (1)1560 (1)1849 (1)Classification ConfidenceAllEstablished (10)Number of LanguagesAll4 (1)10 (1)11 (1)13 (1)34 (1)43 (1)44 (1)46 (1)69 (1)70 (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (7)Speaker CountAll14,000 (1)96,000 (1)100,000 (1)180,000 (1)1,910,000 (1)2,200,000 (1)6,000,000 (1)7,000,000 (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAlgonquianLanguage Family (Classification)1 entryAymaranLanguage Family (Classification)1 entryEskimo-AleutLanguage Family (Classification)2 entriesGuarani languagesLanguage Family (Classification)1 entryIroquoianLanguage Family (Classification)1 entryMayanLanguage Family (Classification)1 entryNa-DeneLanguage Family (Classification)1 entryQuechuanLanguage Family (Classification)1 entryTupianLanguage Family (Classification)1 entryUto-AztecanLanguage Family (Classification)2 entriesComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.